0 a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers -- 停工，罢工
1 an amount that is taken away from the money that you are paid before you officially receive it -- （薪水的）扣除款
Stoppages include things like pension contributions and national insurance. 扣除款包括税款、养老公积金和国民保险之类的款项。
2 a time during a football match when the game is stopped because of an injury to a player -- （足球比賽）伤停时间
3 an occasion when a bus stops to allow passengers to get on and off -- 公共汽车停下让乘客上下
Most of the stoppages have been unofficial, but the information available does not permit a distinction to be made between these and official stoppages.
The number of stoppages beginning in 1973 where the principal cause was other than pay is 1,411.
However, a total of 1,000 days were lost in six stoppages of work by staff in all educational services in 1978.
Separate estimates are available only for stoppages known to have been official.
However, according to the information available, there were three major stoppages of this kind in 1972, involving an aggregate of about 400,000 workers.
Separate estimates are available only for stoppages of work known to be official.
Corresponding figures for the same period in 1970 are 2,201,000 days lost and 1,212 stoppages.
The total number of working days lost through stoppages involving 5,000 or more workers in 1979 was 23,295,000.
